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Distance Star Ed Torres Retires At 29
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Multiple all-America distance runner Ed Torres, half of one of the best-ever pairs of running brothers, has announced his retirement. Torres, 29, now lives with his wife Lynda in the Chicago suburbs where he and older twin Jorge first came to prominence at Wheeling High School in the late 1990s. Ed and Jorge have started a business in which they engrave medallions immediately after races for participants who want that added memento.
The Mental Edge With Jeremy Rasmussen Of Illinois [Video]
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Illinois women's distance coach Jeremy Rasmussen gives his thoughts on the mental edge in track and field and what his experiences are in dealing with the mental side of running.
Illinois runner Angela Bizzarri wins Honda Award for cross country (USA Today)
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Illinois senior Angela Bizzarri was announced Wednesday as winner of this year's Honda Award for cross country. The award, determined by voting among 1,000 NCAA-member schools, honors the top female collegie athlete in her sport. Bizzarri won the NCAA Division I meet last month in Terre Haute, Ind., covering the 6-kilometer course in 19 minutes, 46.8 seconds.
Steps away from national acclaim
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The weather forecast Saturday for San Diego is 61 degrees, with a 30 percent chance of rain. That sure sounds a lot better than what we're experiencing here.
That means Sandburg High School sophomore sensation Lukas Verzbicas, of Orland Hills, will have a smile on his face when he competes in the Foot Locker Cross Country National Championships at Morley Field in San Diego's Balboa Park.
Illinois' National Champ Angela Bizzarri 2009 NCAA XC Championships [Video]
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Illinois' National Champ Angela Bizzarri 2009 NCAA XC Championships
Track-Honed Shobukhova Speeds to a Win
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Liliya Shobukhova, the 2009 Bank of America Chicago Marathon champion, began her marathon career by accident.
Already very successful on the track, Shobukhova, who had set a world indoor record for 3,000 meters in 2006 and ran the sixth fastest time ever for 5K on the track in 2008, was supposed to run that distance in a road race in Providence last fall.
When that event invitation fell through, she went instead to the 2008 Philadelphia Distance Run Half Marathon where she beat marathon great Catherine Ndereba, with a time of 1:10:21. From that came an offer from the London Marathon to run her debut there in April 2009. There she finished third in 2:24:24, and her future was sealed.
Olympic champ Wanjiru wins Chicago Marathon (Sports Illustrated)
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CHICAGO (AP) -- Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya won the Chicago Marathon with the fastest time on American soil, finishing in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 41 seconds on a bone-chilling Sunday morning.
Wanjiru Wins Chicago Marathon
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Sammy Wanjiru has made a career of shattering records and blurring past city skylines, blowing by his sluggish pacesetters with a frustrated frown.
No one can keep up with Kenya's Wanjiru these days, and that made racing against the world record time on Sunday at the Chicago Marathon that much more challenging. Without anyone pushing him in the final four miles, he had to be satisfied with the course record, but even that was surprisingly in doubt.
Deena Kastor Has Nightmare Race, and Emerges All Smiles
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Deena Kastor had the kind of marathon day Sunday in Chicago
that most of us have experienced in our nightmares, which is
where we want them to stay. Hers came to the light of day on
Chicago's frigid streets, but Kastor emerged smiling, optimistic,
and apparently none the worse for wear. "I feel ecstatic about
my training the last month, I enjoyed myself in the race despite
some unexpected problems, and my foot feels fine," she said
after finishing sixth in 2:28:50.
Wanjiru warms up for Windy City
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Olympic champion and reigning World Marathon Majors leader Samuel Kamau Wanjiru concluded his training on Tuesday and was confident he would do well at this weekend’s Chicago Marathon.
He flies out on Wednesday night for his debut race on American soil.
“I have never raced or visited America apart from passing there on my way to Puerto Rico in 2006, but the race will be beautiful since I will be in good company,” said Wanjiru.
He was referring to his training mates, both in his home town of Nyahururu and in Ngong, whom he has “heard” will be in the line-up. This makes him think the race might end in 2 hours and 4 minutes, or even 2:05.
Sandburg sophomore Lukas Verzbicas eyes cross-country season after winning duathlon world title
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Lukas Verzbicas has conquered the world. Now it's time to conquer the state of Illinois.
Last weekend in Concord, N.C., Verzbicas, a Sandburg sophomore, became the junior men's world champion at the 2009 Concord ITU Duathlon World Championships at Lowes Motor Speedway. He beat a field that included Spain's Mario Mola, 19, who won the junior world triathlon title two weeks earlier.
A Brief Chat With Angela Bizzarri
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Angela Bizzarri, 21, was third in the 5000 at the 2009 USATF Championships in 15:33.02 but did not have the required "B" standard of 15:25 to make the U.S. team for the World Championships. She made one subsequent effort to get it, running 15:57.23 for fifth place in Liege, Belgium in mid-July, and then called an end to her long season. Bizzarri, who attends the University of Illinois, had won the 5000 at the NCAA Championships in 16:17.94, the first individual NCAA track title for Illinois since 2003
IL Lyons Classic Invitational
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Lukas Verzbicas 14:20 for the win. Maine South wins the boys title by 5 over Lyons. Sandburg wins girls title.
Kara Goucher Runs 68:04 Half-Marathon At Rock 'N' Roll Chicago As Final Berlin Tune-Up
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Letsrun.com has a great write up of Kara Goucher's win at the Rock 'N' Roll Chicago Half-Marathon where she beat every male and female in the race and ran the 21st-fastest half-marathon of all-time.
Local Olympian Torres' coach, mother injured in crash
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The mother and former coach of Olympic runner Jorge Torres were critically injured in a car crash in Colorado while on their way home to Illinois from Torres' wedding.Longtime track coach Greg Fedyski, 60, of Arlington Heights, and Maria Torres, 58, of Golf, were airlifted to a hospital in Nebraska following the crash early Sunday in far northeastern Colorado near Sedgwick.
Olympic Champion May Make Run at Marathon Record in Chicago
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The Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya will headline the Chicago Marathon in October in a potential attempt to set a world record.Wanjiru became the first Kenyan to win the Olympic marathon in Beijing last summer, taking the gold medal in 2 hours 6 minutes 32 seconds. He prevailed in conditions so hot and humid that many people consider his victory the greatest marathon ever run. His time was an Olympic record but not a world record.
Champaign Marathon Back For 2010 With a New Date (CBS 2 Chicago)
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Illinois' newest marathon (Champaign Marathon) will be back for a second running in 2010, but organizers are moving the date to May 1.
Track and field club in the works (Peoria Journal Star)
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When the Main Street Mile kicks off July 9, a new track and field club for people of all ages in the Peoria area will begin to take shape.
Deatherage at the finish line
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A year ago, when her third Olympic Trials turned out to be her worst, Jenelle Deatherage indicated this day was near.The start list for the women's 1500 meters at this weekend's USA Track and Field National Championships indicated it was probably here. Jenelle Deatherage ... qualified ... scratched.The two-time state champion for East Peoria High School and four-time all-American at Wisconsin is retired.
Dream is many years, miles in making
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Justin Young is old school.As a senior at Richwoods, he was the last of 25 medalists to earn Class AA all-state recognition at the 1996 IHSA cross country meet. 'I like to think I had a bad race that day', said Young, not one to be deterred, even at an early age.Upon graduation from Butler University, the one-time NCAA Division I all-American began his post-college career in Michigan.
Known unofficially as the “Prairie State”,
a fitting nickname for a state that sets aside the third full week
in September each year
as Illinois Prairie Week to demonstrate the value of preserving and
reestablishing native Illinois prairies. Also known as the Land of
Lincon.
source: State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols by Benjamin F. Shearer,
Barbara S. Shearer
